NURSE SHARK
Ginglymostoma cirratum
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The nurse shark is a large, sluggish, bottom-dwelling shark that is generally harmless unless provoked.
Nurse shark
Ginglymostoma cirratum
Species Information
Exhibit Name and Location
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Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family comprises three genera each with one species.
Nurse Shark Range
Fast Facts
Type: Fish Diet: Carnivore Average life span in captivity: Up to 25 years Size: 7.5 to 9.75 ft (2.2 to 3 m) Weight: 200 to 330 lbs (90 to 150 kg) Group name: School or shoal Did you know?
Nurse Sharks
Contrary to what the name might lead you to believe, nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) do not suckle their young. They do not heal ailing sea creatures, nor do they accompany doctor fish on reef rounds.
Nurse sharks primarily feed on benthic invertebrates (i.e. spiny lobsters, shrimps, crabs, sea urchins, squids, octopuses, marine snails and bivalves) and benthic fish (i.e. sea catfishes, mullets, puffers and stingrays).
Sand tiger, grey nurse shark, ragged-tooth shark
Carcharias taurus
Their fearsome-looking teeth are an adaptation to gripping fish and other slippery prey.
Statistics
Males average 2.4m and females average 2.6m. The largest recorded was 3.2m.
NURSE SHARK
LAMNIFORMES
sand tiger sharks, goblin sharks, crocodile sharks, mackerel sharks, megamouth sharks, basking sharks, thresher sharks
GREAT WHITE SHARK ...
2. Nurse Shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum - up to 14' long, found inshore on shallow sand flats, channels and coral reefs. Small fishes, sea urchins and crustaceans make up most of its diet.
Grey nurse sharks usually have only one or two pups.
When they are born they are quite big. They can immediately see, hear, smell and swim just like mum.
Grey nurse shark (C. taurus) Â- Indian sand tiger (C. tricuspidatus)
Odontaspis
Smalltooth sand tiger (O. ferox) Â- Bigeye sand tiger (O. noronhai) ...
Discussion This nurse shark is sluggish, lethargic, and usually docile, although its strong teeth and jaws can cause havoc when tangled in fishing gear. Gives birth to as many as 100 fully formed young up to 16" (40 cm) long.
A Greynurse Shark off Sydney
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The sand tiger shark, Carcharias taurus (Rafinesque, 1810), is known commonly as sandtiger, sand shark, grey nurse shark (Australia), ground shark, and spotted raggedtooth shark (South Africa), ...
Some sharks, such as the blacktip reef shark, Carcharhinus melanopterus, and nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, can pump water over their gills as they rest.
Tawny nurse shark (Nebrius ferrugineus)
Yellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platurus)
Yellow scroll coral (Turbinaria reniformis)
Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran)
Hard coral (Favites complanata)
Blue-spotted stingray (Taeniura lymma) ...
Epaulette Shark (Hemiscymum) Hemiscyllidae, Freshwater Stingray (Paratrygon) Dasyatidae, Giant Shovelnose Ray (Rhynobatos typus), Great White Shark, Horned Shark (Heterodontus francisci), Leopard Shark (Trakis semisciata), Manta Ray, Nurse Shark ...
 See also: Shark, Barbel, Tiger, Whale, Coral
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